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Britain likely to leave EU without deal: minister 05 Aug 2018 - 12:41 pm
File photo of Britain's Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox leaving Downing Street in Westminster, London, Britain, July 18, 2018. REUTERS/Hannah McKay
Bangladesh PM urges teen protesters to go home amid violence 05 Aug 2018 - 12:25 pm
Bangladeshi students march along a a street during a student protest in Dhaka on August 4, 2018, following the deaths of two college students in a road accident.  AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
Head of Syrian regime research centre killed: monitor 05 Aug 2018 - 12:20 pm
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Venezuela's Maduro says drone blast was bid to kill him, blames Colombia 05 Aug 2018 - 11:06 am
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro reacts during an event which was interrupted, in this still frame taken from video August 4, 2018, Caracas, Venezuela. (Venezuelan Government TV/Handout via REUTERS TV)
115 students injured in clashes as Bangladesh teen protests turn violent 04 Aug 2018 - 09:29 pm
Students run back during clashes with unidentified miscreants while protesting over recent traffic accidents that killed a boy and a girl, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, August 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain)
Melted asphalt, shoes for dogs: Europe wilts in heat 04 Aug 2018 - 08:11 pm
A man cools off in a fountain in front of the Berlin Cathedral as the heatwave in Europe continues with temperatures reaching 33 degrees Celsius in Berlin on August 4, 2018. (AFP / John MACDOUGALL)
Brazil's Lula gets presidential nomination -- even behind bars 04 Aug 2018 - 07:21 pm
A supporter of former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva takes a selfie in a camp near the Federal Police in Curitiba, Brazil August 2, 2018. The banner reads:
Erdogan says to freeze assets of 'US justice, interior ministers' 04 Aug 2018 - 03:09 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during a meeting of his ruling AK Party in Ankara, Turkey August 4, 2018. (Murat Kula/Presidential Palace/Handout via REUTERS)
North Korea criticises 'alarming' US behaviour 04 Aug 2018 - 02:22 pm
North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho attends the Asean Regional Forum Retreat Session in Singapore August 4, 2018. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)
Zimbabwe opposition in court over post-vote violence 04 Aug 2018 - 12:42 pm
Supporters of the newly reelected Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa, celebrate in Mbare, a district of the Zimbabwe's capital Harare on August 3, 2018. / AFP / Luis TATO
Russian helicopter crash in northern Siberia kills 18: ministry 04 Aug 2018 - 11:36 am
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Pompeo "optimistic" about ending N.Korea's nuclear programme 04 Aug 2018 - 10:05 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) and North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho (R) smile as Philippine Foreign Secretary Alan Peter Cayetano (behind) looks on, as they arrive for a group photo at the ASEAN Regional Forum Retreat during the 51st Assoc
Ex-Guatemala president, arrested over graft, leaves detention 04 Aug 2018 - 09:55 am
File photo of former Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom looks on during a court hearing after being detained as part of a local corruption investigation, in Guatemala City, Guatemala February 13, 2018. REUTERS/Luis Echeverria.
At least 11 workers dead in India quarry blast 04 Aug 2018 - 09:39 am
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Britain failing forced marriage victims by granting visas to abusers 02 Aug 2018 - 10:32 pm
The Times newspaper said on Thursday that visas were granted in almost half of 88 cases last year where victims, officials or third parties had raised fears of forced marriage. (Reuters file photo)
Nigeria's Ruling APC bleeds as key figures abandon Buhari 02 Aug 2018 - 09:12 pm
In this file photo taken on May 29, 2015 Senator Bukola Saraki, reacts in Abuja. AFP / Pius Utomi Ekpei
Egypt trying to broker broad Israel-Hamas truce, Hamas says 02 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm
Egyptian Intelligence services head Khaled Fawzi laugh with Hamas leader Izzat al-Rishq and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar in the presence of Azzam al-Ahmad and Rawhi Fattouh of Fatah (AFP / Khaled Desouki)
Zimbabwe renewal hopes dashed as vote dispute sparks mayhem 02 Aug 2018 - 09:09 pm
Supporters of Zimbabwe's MDC party demonstrate outside ZANU PF headquarters in Harare on August 1, 2018, as protests erupted over alleged fraud in the country's election. AFP / Marco Longari